How long does it take to grow mushrooms with a Maya Mushroom kit?

About 14 days from cutting the bag to your first harvest, kept indoors at room temperature with twice-daily misting.

What mushroom strains does Maya Mushroom sell?

Lion's Mane, Pink Oyster, and Blue Oyster, all live, fully colonized ShroomBag grow kits on 100% Appalachian hardwood substrate.

Do I need any experience to grow mushrooms at home?

No. The substrate is already sterilized, inoculated, and run through with live mycelium. Make one cut, 4 to 5 inches long, anywhere on the front face of the bag, mist twice a day, and harvest in about two weeks.

How many harvests do I get from a ShroomBag?

After your indoor harvest slows, you can expand the spent block outdoors and keep fruiting for months or years in the right conditions. See our Expand guide for the method.

Can you reuse a mushroom grow kit?

Yes. After the indoor flushes slow down, bury the spent ShroomBag block in a shaded, damp spot outdoors, hardwood chips, leaf litter, or a garden bed work well. With the right moisture it can keep fruiting seasonally for years.

When should I harvest mushrooms from a grow kit?

Harvest just before the caps fully flatten or curl up at the edges. For Lion's Mane, harvest while the spines are still short (under about half an inch) and the cluster is firm and white.

How long does a mushroom grow kit last before you have to use it?

A fresh ShroomBag is best used within 4-6 weeks of arrival, kept somewhere cool and out of direct sun. The longer it sits unopened, the more likely it is to start fruiting inside the bag on its own.

Are mushroom grow kits worth it?

If you want fresh gourmet mushrooms that cost $15-30/lb at a grocery store, yes. One ShroomBag yields enough for several meals, and you can expand the spent block outdoors for ongoing harvests.

Do Maya Mushroom kits work for beginners?

They're built for beginners. The hardest cultivation steps, sterilization, inoculation, and full colonization, are already done. You're handling the final fruiting stage, which is the simplest and most rewarding part.

Where is Maya Mushroom located?

Buckhannon, West Virginia. Kits ship from our small farm to anywhere in the United States.

Wild culture library · Buckhannon, WV

Nine wild finds.
One record each.

Our own foraged finds, isolated in our lab. Each ships with its collection record.

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Our wild Maitake find, with its layered wavy petals

Field specimen · GF-001

Grifola frondosa

Upshur County, WV

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The index · 9 documented isolates

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County. Host. Collection code.
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Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) wild-collected culture isolate from Upshur County, Appalachia

HE-1223 · Upshur County, WV

Lion's Mane 1223

Hericium erinaceus

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Bear's Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) wild-collected culture isolate from Barbour County, Appalachia

HA-002 · Barbour County, WV

BHT 002

Hericium americanum

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FH-BUB · Upshur County, WV

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Fistulina hepatica

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GF-001 · Upshur County, WV

Maitake

Grifola frondosa

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Ganoderma SessileGS-001 ↗Pleurotus LevisPL-001 ↗Pleurotus OstreatusPO-101 ↗Hemlock ReishiGT-001 ↗Chicken of the WoodsLC-001 ↗

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You find it.
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Mail us a wild mushroom you found. We isolate it in our lab and send it back as a clean culture with its collection record.

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Find it

Note where it grew and what it grew on. That becomes its record.

Ship it

Fresh or dried works best. Waterlogged specimens rarely make it.

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Clean tissue to agar. Plate to plate until it runs clean.

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Your own find, back as a living culture with its collection record.

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One grower.
No middlemen.

Why trust a stranger with your find? Fair question.

I've spent over a decade foraging these woods and four years working cultures in the lab. I isolate, grow, pack and ship everything myself, with help from my family.

When you write in, a person reads it. Usually the same day.

Tyler, Buckhannon, WV

30Day guarantee

ShroomBag only: if your kit doesn't fruit, arrives damaged, or shows contamination within 30 days, we replace it or refund it.

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Locally sourced Appalachian hardwood. No imported substrate blocks, no white-label resale.

1Farm, start to finish

Our own grain spawn, fully colonized on our shelves in Buckhannon. We hold orders during heat waves and hard freezes.

∅Sprays or additives

No pesticides, no fungicides, no synthetic growth additives. Food-grade soy hull supplementation.

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